The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive approach
to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations,
and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from,
and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order
to reduce the loss of life and property and harm to the environment. NIMS works hand in hand with the
National Response Framework (NRF). NIMS provides the template for the management of incidents, while the
NRF provides the structure and mechanisms for national-level policy for incident management.

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NIMS Training Tracker is a Software-as-a-Service Subscription platform to maintain
emergency response training profiles for jurisdictions, agencies, and cooperators. It is built around a familiar Student-Faculty
educational structure allowing Students to compose training agendas, record the completion of courses, and have them verified by Faculty.

The program supports features for annual reports management, and any real-time data access needs. Authorized access is available from any computing
device (desktop, thin client, tablet, or smart phone) with internet access and a web-browser to enter the client's subscription to update student records,
or generate compliance reports and verify training schedules. In the NIMS Training Tracker, all users are Students - even faculty and elected officials.
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Incident Command System (ICS) NIMS establishes ICS as a standard incident management organization with
five functional areas -- command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administration -- for management of all
major incidents. To ensure further coordination, and during incidents involving multiple jurisdictions or agencies,
the principle of unified command has been universally incorporated into NIMS. This unified command not only coordinates
the efforts of many jurisdictions, but provides for and assures joint decisions on objectives, strategies, plans,
priorities, and public communications.

Communications and Information Management Standardized communications during an incident are essential and
NIMS prescribes interoperable communications systems for both incident and information management. Responders and
managers across all agencies and jurisdictions must have a common operating picture for a more efficient and
effective incident response.

Preparedness Preparedness incorporates a range of measures, actions, and processes accomplished before
an incident happens. NIMS preparedness measures including planning, training, exercises, qualification
and certification, equipment acquisition and certification, and publication management. All of these
serve to ensure that pre-incident actions are standardized and consistent with mutually-agreed doctrine. NIMS
further places emphasis on mitigation activities to enhance preparedness. Mitigation includes public
education and outreach, structural modifications to lessen the loss of life or destruction of property,
code enforcement in support of zoning rules, land management, and building codes, and flood insurance.

Joint Information System (JIS) NIMS organizational measures enhance the public communication effort.
The Joint Information System provides the public with timely and accurate incident information and unified
public messages. This system employs Joint Information Centers (JIC) and brings incident communicators
together during an incident to develop, coordinate, and deliver a unified message. This will ensure that
tribal, federal, state, and local levels of government are releasing the same information during an incident.

NIMS Integration Center (NIC) To ensure that NIMS remains an accurate and effective management tool, the
NIMS NIC will be established by the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess proposed changes to NIMS,
capture, and evaluate lessons learned, and employ best practices. The NIC will provide strategic direction
and oversight of the NIMS, supporting both routine maintenance and continuous refinement of the system and
its components over the long term. The NIC will develop and facilitate national standards for NIMS education
and training, first responder communications and equipment, typing of resources, qualification and credentialing
of incident management and responder personnel, and standardization of equipment maintenance and resources. The
NIC will continue to use the collaborative process of Federal, state, tribal, local, multi-discipline and private
authorities to assess prospective changes and assure continuity and accuracy.